France Swats Away Fascism and Trumpism

Emmanuel Macron will become France's next president, defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen by a wide margin, according to exit estimates compiled by Elabe for CNN's French affiliate BFM. Get the latest updates below.

Telstar wrote:Emmanuel Macron will become France's next president, defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen by a wide margin, according to exit estimates compiled by Elabe for CNN's French affiliate BFM. Get the latest updates below.

This is good news for Europe, the European Union and NATO. It is especially sweet in view of the Russian hackers dumping emails and fake news just before the news blackout and voting. It is also a slap in Putin's face since he contributed money to her campaign or gave her loans and was hoping she would win.

Well, then of course 45 would have rather seen Le Pen win so there's that to cheer about too.